Quick question guys. A friend of mine wants to know if he were to hypothetically mail a box of poop to say the west coast or the south would UPS or whoever notice that and not deliver the package? Like I said, a friend of mine wants to know. You guys wouldn't know him. He's from Canada.

I heard on the news that the local AEP was sending their ENTIRE crew to NJ to help with power restoration. That seems like a smart idea when there's a high wind warning(up to 60MPH), a high flood warning(my area is centered right around the Ohio River), rain and possible snow for the next 3 days here.

I heard on the news that the local AEP was sending their ENTIRE crew to NJ to help with power restoration. That seems like a smart idea when there's a high wind warning(up to 60MPH), a high flood warning(my area is centered right around the Ohio River), rain and possible snow for the next 3 days here.

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I don't get it either. They've got Chicago sending out hundreds of utility workers to New England when the forecasts show the potential for power outages and storm damage well into Illinois.

Amazon's looking to dump their stock of the older model PS3s so they're offering a pretty good deal that gives you a 320GB PS3 and a free year of PS+ for $299.99. That free year of PS+ lets you play the "Instant Game Collection" that has 10+ games like inFamous 2 and LittleBigPlanet 2 free (for as long as you have a subscription).

Cloud Atlas is, hands down, the best movie I've seen this year. I can't imagine anything anytime soon coming close to matching the audacity it puts on display. It completely knocked me out, made me tear up and left my head swirling.

They did what everyone thought they would, but they did it pretty well. Lewis gave a fine performance. I do feel like the series is now at risk of becoming a lot more conventional based on the new setup. Hopefully they can throw us something that'll keep the excitement going strong in the coming episodes.

I was without power for close to a month when the hurricanes came through in 2004 so I have no pity. I'm a pretty nice guy normally but that shit turned me into the worst motherfucker you would ever want to meet. I hated everyone and everything at that point.

The East Coast is drowning....
There's no faith in gaming media.....
No one knows what to think about Evil Dead....
DB likes Sony......
JNorris cursing at stuff.......
I think I saw a Homeland mention.....
Some sports happened.....

It's like a whole new world.

E - I'm sorry I missed your birthday; hope you had a good one. Us old guys need to stick together, and it's never more important than at birthday time - I feel like I really let all old people everywhere down on this one.......

E - I'm sorry I missed your birthday; hope you had a good one. Us old guys need to stick together, and it's never more important than at birthday time - I feel like I really let all old people everywhere down on this one.......

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It's cool, thanks. As far as birthdays that I have had to work on, it was perfectly acceptable. Oddly enough, there's barely been any celebrating other than online. Kami took me to dinner last Wednesday, and that's it. My work schedule is super crazy through Halloween, aside from the planned months ago outing to Universal Halloween Horror Nights on Saturday, so I'll get "my birthday" in the next couple of weeks.

Could it be that his Badass Rank keeps getting zeroed out? Or that his game keeps freezing during play to the point where it now won't even load (even after deleting his entire file save and starting over)?

I am literally in the middle of watching "A New Hope" as I type this... I love Disney. I love Star Wars. I don't immediately hate this announcement. I'm not sure how I feel about it. But I think it can be a good thing. I just can't believe that Lucas really is done with film, in the most part. I know he was saying this, earlier this year, when "Red Tails" was coming out. But it's real now. That's kind of nuts.

I'm just not convinced Episode VII is such a great idea. The two current trilogies tell a complete story about the rise and fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. A direct follow-up to that is unnecessary. I'd rather just see standalone spinoff movies that explore different characters and conflicts.

But in general, it seems like a good thing. There are people in Lucasfilm far better equipped to tell new Star Wars stories than Lucas himself, and this move allows them to take the helm. Hopefully Disney's financial muscle will allow them to move forward with the live-action TV series sooner than they would have otherwise. And I'm curious to see what they do with Indiana Jones now.

I'm just not convinced Episode VII is such a great idea. The two current trilogies tell a complete story about the rise and fall and redemption of Anakin Skywalker. A direct follow-up to that is unnecessary. I'd rather just see standalone spinoff movies that explore different characters and conflicts.

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But in general, it seems like a good thing. There are people in Lucasfilm far better equipped to tell new Star Wars stories than Lucas himself, and this move allows them to take the helm. Hopefully Disney's financial muscle will allow them to move forward with the live-action TV series sooner than they would have otherwise. And I'm curious to see what they do with Indiana Jones now.[/quote]

I kind of agree with you.
Though, of course, at the same time, I'm really curious to see what they're gonna do. And I don't mind *more* Star Wars, regardless of source.

And you're right about the live-action TV series. Didn't think of that.

This excites me because it means the decisions won't be handled primarily by a crazy old hermit. Maybe now this means historians in the Disney Brain Trust, like Lasseter, will be able to shepherd the unedited versions of the original films back out to the public.

There is a discussion going on between two of my friends on Facebook and one of them just said, "Disney bought Marvel and we got the best Marvel film (The Avengers) to date. I don't see what you're worrying about."

I feel kind of bad for Dark Horse. It stands to reason that Disney will shift the Star Wars comics over to Marvel once Dark Horse's current license agreement ends. As much as I want to see new blood on those books, it's going to be a huge blow to Dark Horse.

I feel kind of bad for Dark Horse. It stands to reason that Disney will shift the Star Wars comics over to Marvel once Dark Horse's current license agreement ends. As much as I want to see new blood on those books, it's going to be a huge blow to Dark Horse.

And the worst part is that the Disney properties are still an afterthought at Marvel. All they've done so far is print some unreleased material left over from the Boom! days and churn out a handful of Tron comics. They haven't commissioned a Pirates of the Caribbean ongoing or resurrected Weisman's Gargoyles continuation or any of the other projects you'd think would be no-brainers. I'm sure they'll give a bit more priority to Star Wars, but Marvel as it exists currently simply doesn't have the manpower to be handling all of these properties.